Lenoir Community College swept a doubleheader Thursday and took four of five from Allegany College of Maryland this week.

The Lancers (8-6) won the first game, 5-4, and finished the series with a 13-0 win in the finale.

“We just need to play,” said Lancers coach Stony Wine, who noted his club has had several early season games postponed due to rain. “The more you play, the better you get. We feel like we can get in a groove once we start playing every day.”

In the first game, LCC rode five and 1/3 innings of solid work out of starter Will Moyer. The sophomore from Raleigh struck out four and allowed a pair of runs, one of which was earned, on four hits and four walks. Three relievers combined to pitch the final two innings. Closer Robbie Hiser faced two batters, striking out the final batter to earn the save.

The Lancers staked an early lead, scoring two runs each in the second and third innings. Shortstop Spencer Phillips, who was 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI, got the second started with a one-out single. Carrington Austin followed with a single of his own, and former Greene Central standout Ryan Cobb walked to load the bases.

Leadoff hitter Chastin Radford, a North Lenoir graduate, knocked in the first run of the game on an RBI single, and Cole Bray followed with another RBI on a fielder’s choice.

Phillips struck again in the third with an RBI single, and Austin followed with a sacrifice fly that scored left fielder Nick Stuart.

The Trojans, who were held to just one hit through the first five innings, scored three runs on four hits in the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-3. The Lancers responded by loading the bases with no outs in the home half of the sixth. Phillips led off the frame with a double, the Lancers’ only extra base hit of the game, and scored on a Radford sac fly.

Though the Lancers failed to plate another runner in the frame, that insurance run proved pivotal, as the Trojans scored once more on a bases-loaded walk in the seventh before Hiser shut the door on the comeback effort.

The Lancers’ bats came alive in the series finale, as LCC pounded out 13 hits in the day’s second game. LCC scored two runs in the second, three more in the fourth, batted around for six runs in the fifth and scored the game’s final two runs in the sixth.

Two players had multi-hit games for the Lancers. Radford led the way with a 4-for-5 effort that included a double, triple and four RBI. Stuart was 2-for-5 with a triple and four RBI. Nine different players scored runs for the Lancers, who substituted freely with a big lead in the night cap.

“The key to all that is opposite field hitting,” Wine said, referring to his team’s offensive outburst. “We committed to that. When you do it, you can be very successful.”

Sophomore Brandon Tant pitched a gem for LCC, tossing six innings of one-hit ball and striking out four. Cobb pitched a scoreless seventh to end it, and the Lancers played error-free ball.

“We came up a little short a couple of games,” said long-time Allegany coach Steve Bazarnic, who coached Wine as a player in the early 90s. “Stony’s got a nice club.”

Wednesday’s game

The Lenoir Community College baseball team split a double header against Allegany College of Maryland at Grainger Stadium Wednesday afternoon.

The Lancers won the first game 2-1 on a walk-off single before committing six errors and losing 6-2 in the nightcap.

In the first game, Allegany struck first, scoring an unearned run on an error and a pair of hits in the first inning. Warren and reliever David Wiggins, a sophomore out of North Lenoir, made sure that was all they got. Warren scattered four hits over six innings and struck out three. Wiggins pitched a scoreless seventh to earn the win.

The Lancers tied the game in the fourth on an RBI single from Cole Bray. In the home half of the seventh, Brandon Cavil led off by reaching on an error by the Allegany first baseman. Chastin Radford, another former Hawk, followed with a hit to the right side. Tee McConnell bunted the runners over for the first out, and Allegany intentionally walked the next batter to set up some last-minute heroics for the Lancers.

With the infield in and the outfield playing very shallow in an attempt to cut down a potential winning run at the plate, Robbie Hiser roped a game-winning, walk-off single past the drawn-in left fielder.

In the nightcap, the Lancers gave up two runs in the first, another in the second, two more in the fourth and another in the sixth. LCC was ultimately undone by six errors, including back-to-back throwing errors in the fourth on sacrifice bunt attempts.

The Lancers finally got on the board in the fourth when Spencer Phillips led off with a walk and scored on an RBI triple from Nykolai Ellis. Three batters later, Ellis scored on an RBI single from Radford.